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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: southgafarmer on January 01, 2016, 05:55:00 PM
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Hello to all. At 24, soon to be 25, I thought I would never be at this point (but which of us did plan this, right?). I an addict of the worst kind. Ninja dipped upwards of a roll per week for a good part of the last 5 years. Stopped twice for a total of about six months.
But not this time. I am done being an addict to a stupid nicotine hoar. I've got Smokey Mountain in right now...and I'm smiling for the first time in months. I'm doing this for me...not my family, not my friends, me. No more wasting time on this crap.
I quit with you all today.
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Hello to all. At 24, soon to be 25, I thought I would never be at this point (but which of us did plan this, right?). I an addict of the worst kind. Ninja dipped upwards of a roll per week for a good part of the last 5 years. Stopped twice for a total of about six months.
But not this time. I am done being an addict to a stupid nicotine hoar. I've got Smokey Mountain in right now...and I'm smiling for the first time in months. I'm doing this for me...not my family, not my friends, me. No more wasting time on this crap.
I quit with you all today.
Right On! Attack this addiction now -- don't wait 35 years like I did.
If you haven't yet, get to April 2016 quit group and post roll, your daily promise not to use nicotine. Get phone numbers from your fellow quitters, get to know them, build a support network.
For now, drink bathtubs of water, exercise , read this site. 72 hours to get nicotine out of your system, then the mental games to keep it out.
It is a tough addiction, but you can free yourself.
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Congrats on your decision! I quit with you today...
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Hello to all. At 24, soon to be 25, I thought I would never be at this point (but which of us did plan this, right?). I an addict of the worst kind. Ninja dipped upwards of a roll per week for a good part of the last 5 years. Stopped twice for a total of about six months.
But not this time. I am done being an addict to a stupid nicotine hoar. I've got Smokey Mountain in right now...and I'm smiling for the first time in months. I'm doing this for me...not my family, not my friends, me. No more wasting time on this crap.
I quit with you all today.
Right On! Attack this addiction now -- don't wait 35 years like I did.
If you haven't yet, get to April 2016 quit group and post roll, your daily promise not to use nicotine. Get phone numbers from your fellow quitters, get to know them, build a support network.
For now, drink bathtubs of water, exercise , read this site. 72 hours to get nicotine out of your system, then the mental games to keep it out.
It is a tough addiction, but you can free yourself.
Thanks man. I'm embracing the suck right now. Thankfully, we are in busy season at work (I custom bag wildlife feed), so I'm having no problem right now with keeping busy. I also made some calls today to see about getting back into woodworking on the side. That should help keep me busy. Thanks for the support!
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Congrats on your decision! I quit with you today...
Thank you! Same goes man: I quit with you today!
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Farmer,
Buckle up: you're going to encounter all kinds of ups and downs on this journey. During the ups: spread out your web of accountability; spread the quitness around; and stay vigilant. During the downs: use your web, keep posting your promise, and keep your word. The downs will come man, but a well built web will not fail you!
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Way to go, proud to quit with you. Good thinking with the hobbies and general distractions. They will be a huge help in these first weeks. Quit on!
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Thought I'd make a note on here. I feel like we're in a similar situation due to our age. I'm 26 and have been an addict since 19. Just about a can a day for the latter 3/4 years of that. Glad we traded digits. Look forward to quitting with you.
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My first post, Lad:
I'm at my 6th week of quitting. Things have gotten better. I am not waking and thinking about firing a dip in, right away. I am periodically anxious, still. I am hoping, as time goes by, this will decrease. 6 weeks has earned this. Exercise, if you can. Still not sure if I'm free, yet. I sometimes think this is like a heroin addiction.
-Doug
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My first post, Lad:
I'm at my 6th week of quitting. Things have gotten better. I am not waking and thinking about firing a dip in, right away. I am periodically anxious, still. I am hoping, as time goes by, this will decrease. 6 weeks has earned this. Exercise, if you can. Still not sure if I'm free, yet. I sometimes think this is like a heroin addiction.
-Doug
Indeed this is like heroin. Although craves subside, we will always be vulnerable if we don't stay vigilant. The best way to stay vigilant is to post your promise with your quit group here every day. Take a look around and post roll yourself.
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Congrats on the best decision of your life. I was a stubborn ag boy from IL who didn't get smart enough to quit until 29.
Post roll everyday and keep that promise of no nic.
PM me if you every need anything.
I am proud to quit with you today.
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Glad your here brother. I quit with you today.
Cantoo - 6
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So today was basically a sucky ass day. But it did put into perspective quitting for me.
I was a late in life baby. I'm 24, my father is 63, my mother 64 (do the math there eggheads). For the past month or so, my father has been having problems swallowing. After getting the run around for the past two weeks from doctors, dad finally had an endoscopy done this morning.
And the results were not good.
When I was a young child, I can remember my father smoking and drinking. He was what many would consider an alcoholic and a chain smoker. Dad could polish off a six pack of beer and two packs of Winchester little cigars/cigarettes every day (and even more on the weekends).
Dad quit smoking cold turkey in 2004 after 30 years, and had quit drinking back in 1997-98.
Today, though, the doctor diagnosed him with two likely malignant tumors, one on the bottom of his esophagus and the other on the top of the inside of his stomach.
In two weeks, he meets with a surgeon to discuss options (which we have already been told will include a feeding tube and radiation treatments).
Don't do this shit to yourself. I can't tell you that drinking and smoking caused this shit... But it damn sure didn't help. They are both listed as the #1 2 causes of esophageal cancer. My father knows he has just lost some of what were to be the best years of his life, and it is killing him inside.
If you don't think it can happen to you, think again. Dad is the toughest, hardest working man I know. If any human being on the face of this earth deserves to beat this,he does. I hope and pray he can get through this.
Don't risk it folks. If you are just browsing, thinking about quitting, quit now. Don't wait ... you're losing precious minutes off your life while you put it off "one more day". If you are quit, then stay quit damn it. Don't keep playing Russian roulette with your life. Who cares about a "one in a million" chance if you are that one?
I quit today ... and I've got a damn good reason why.
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Hey, man. Fellow georgia boy here. Sorry to hear about your pop. Whenever you get a crave think about this pain and remember why you can never turn back.
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Farmer - Sorry to hear about this. As Andrew said, try to learn from this pain.
I think for all of us nic addicts, it is these life situations and stresses that make us continue down that addict path. Nic is our crutch. It is our easy way out.
I think I PM'd you my number.. I'm not great at advice, but am more than willing to lend an ear
On another note.. You were the first one to reach out to me and just that small gesture has been a great deal of help to me these last few days
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Thinking about you Farmer. I'll fight this with you any day.
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Thanks for all the support guys. I'm still hopeful that maybe the biopsies will come back as negative on this crap, but the doctor said in his experience it is 99% likely malignant. But, we'll pray about it and see!
Quit on brothers!